单词 | sirki |
释义 | sirkin. Anglo-Indian. 1. The upper part of the culm of a species of tall reed-grass, Saccharum Munjia or Sara, native to India. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > grasses > other grasses sirki1801 vetiver1831 wiwi1840 khus khus1851 pili1854 yedda1918 sweet-grass1973 1801 Asiatick Researches 7 463 Hoogla or Sirkee mats. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1064/1 Sirki. 2. Matting made of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plant fibre materials > [noun] > matting > types of sirki1810 coco matting1844 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 489 This seerky is composed of the stems of the surput, or tassel grass. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 490 In India, those itinerants [sc. gipsies]..invariably shelter themselves under seerky. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 666/1 It is from the upper part of the flower-bearing stalk of surkunda that sirky is derived. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801 |
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